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The seasons, nature, love and the quasi-mythological—these were typical conceits of the so-called Romantic period, across all the arts. In part this was a reaction against the effects of the Industrial Revolution, whose harsh economic drive throughout the greater part of the 19th century had changed the face of European life forever. The 19th century was also an era which saw a rapid expansion in travel, facilitated by the railway and by steamships, broadening the mind and the experience of quite ordinary people. The exotic was no longer the province only of the rich—and in France, through the Paris Exhibitions in the 1880s, even the most far-flung parts of the globe could seem familiar. There was a fad for all things oriental: Léo Delibes’s opera Lakmé is but one manifestation of this fascination |
| Disc No: GMCD 7199 | |
| Price: Sek. 157 | |
| Name: Pastorale French Choral Music | |
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| Composer | Opus | Name | Key | Performer |
| Debussy, Claude (1898-1918) | Trois Chansons de Charles d’Orléans | The Vasari Singers - Jeremy Backhouse Jeremy Filsell, piano | ||
| Saint-Saens, Camille (1835-1921) | Sérénade d’hiver | |||
| Delibes, Léo (1836-1891) | Les Norwègiennes | |||
| Saint-Saens, Camille (1835-1921) | Op.68 | Deux Chansons | ||
| Canteloube, Joseph (1879-1957) | Baïlèro (‘Chants d’Auvergne’) | |||
| Canteloube, Joseph (1879-1957) | L’Amour de moi | |||
| Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924) | Op.35 | Madrigal | ||
| Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924) | Op.50 | Pavane | ||
| Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937) | Trois Chansons | |||
| Delibes, Léo (1836-1891) | Les Nymphes des bois | |||
| Saint-Saens, Camille (1835-1921) | Hymne au printemps | |||
| Massenet, Jules (1842-1912) | Chansons des bois d'Amaranthe |